#n they ended up making nagisa a throwaway single ep chara

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ohhh yeah absolutely

the problem indeed was that there wasn't enough source material that they could use and thus ended up making up stuff that was Bad

like the overall structure that was intended (6 episodes to set up the manager and idol dynamic and then 6 episodes about her own life and her friends) wasn't a bad idea as a concept but there's the source material problem

tbh i understand that it's not like herotaru could've fully portrayed mona's depth as a character because it is not her anime. it's for hiyori and friends, and so far her and mona haven't actually even met in canon, she was mostly there as a treat to the viewers (and a Lot of people were happy to see her). maybe there were better ways of handling her, but there were other characters more important to hiyori's story that needed the development

all of the haniwa characters have their fleshed out stories but it is not always their moment to be told